LONDON (UK) – Photographer Mick Rock is marking his 51 years in the music industry with a new project “MIDARO” where he has collaborated with urban artist Fin DAC. The photographer is known for some of the most recognisable pictures of rock legends such as David Bowie and album covers of the 1970s. London-born Rock, often referred to as “The man who shot the 70s”, first picked up a camera as a student at Cambridge University.
The project fuses photography with painting, with the Irish artist is reworking Rock’s photos of Bowie, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop and Debbie Harry to create a series of limited edition prints and canvas artworks. Released on Tuesday, to coincide with Lou Reed’s 79th birthday, each of the artwork shows a woman wearing a T-shirt adorned with one of Rock’s photos of the music stars.
sharing his views about the project rock said,”All he (Fin DAC) (had) to do is show them to me, that was the deal. I had to approve of them. There was nothing not to approve.”
Rock went on to photograph Bowie as Ziggy Stardust and album covers for Syd Barrett’s “Madcap Laughs”, Reed’s “Transformer”, Iggy and The Stooges’ “Raw Power” and Queen’s “Queen II”.
“It wasn’t like ‘I’m going to be a rock and roll photographer’,” Rock said. “These people weren’t so well known when I first met them. It was all about age and timing,” he added.
His recent works include, New York-based Kate Moss, Lady Gaga and Miley Cyrus.